HF Road Trip - Mobile Ham Radio & CB

Making mobile HF radio contacts while driving from Virginia to Rhode Island #hamradio #cbradio #mobilehamradio

[@F4LDT-Alain]

Hey Walt, thank you for the highly entertaining video. It reminds me so much of my journeys driving to/from the west point of Brittany to Paris. The 580 km trip sometimes ends up as a 10-hour drive because of all the stops changing antennas from 2m to CB/10m, 20m or even 40m (not much luck with this one), then making calls, browsing the 2m band and trying to figure out which repeaters I hear traffic on and how to get in, passing by elevated places, making a detour and staying there for a while giving HF DX a try... I'm glad to see that the CB band is not dead over there and still used by truckers. It is quite dead here unfortunately. Ham radio is a great travel companion, although cops here don't like people driving while holding mikes so I'm being careful 😁

[@joewallace3920]

Wawa started in Pennsylvania, outside the Philadelphia area. But love Wawa and can’t wait for the one to open they’re building here where I live.

[@haxwithaxe]

Now is the time to play on 10m. The sun won't be all riled up like this for forever.

[@thomashardy9994]

Back in the 1990s I drove from Philadelphia to Providence , RI. With nothing to do but drive 5-6 hours felt like 11. Enjoyed the video.

[@bevo65]

What a fun road trip! Have fun in Rhode Island, brother. 📡

[@KQ4JGS]

Road trip! Love road trips with a radio in the car.. Being just a tech right now I live on 28.400. Get on 10! I have worked 41 countries just on 10m. 73 Walt!

[@hamradiobasics]

Loved the QSO with the ham from St. Petersburg FL - my neck of the woods !

[@corsavic1]

Thanks walt for sharing your road trip always great vids take care ...this is the way of the ham

[@ryanjacob8568]

I recently installed an FT-891 in my truck in time for a road trip. I took a 6 hour trip to Belton, Tx to meet up with friends at the hamfest and having the mobile HF was so much fun. Several of us heading to the hamfest kept in touch and ragchewed almost the entire time and it made the time pass so quick!

[@Kevin-tt5wt]

Walt, thank you for showing your failures as well as your successes! That is what the hobby is all about.

[@jerryKB2GCG]

Wish I could have met you in Delaware to take you out for lunch or a coffee- KB2GCG

[@hazer72]

Wawa has pizza! 😂

[@robertmeyer4744]

Great trip ! I an in NY buy lake Erie. that rain came threw hear as well. the CB the same hear. The wild wild west . very crowed. lot of Florida and Texas for me on 27.385 . was some west coast like Colorado and Oregon around dinner hour. 10 meter ham was mostly dead except FT8 . was some. 12 and 15 meters was down. we had a short opening on 6 meters .I keep 6 meter antenna handy. we had some strong winds when rain came threw. last I traveled I 95 CB CH 19 was the one. 73's

[@georgebradshaw474]

Thanks Walt! Glad that your trip was a safe adventure. That G-90 is an incredible piece of equipment. Continue on and looking forward to The Further Adventures Of Salty Walt! ‘73. AC3EA

[@kb3hey]

As always Walt a great video! Really enjoyed the trip with you by way of the video. You had me go back to look at the map and the way you were going. I thought you were going to use the Cape May ferry when you were in Delaware! That would have been interesting I'm sure! Glad you made it to Rhode Island safely and look forward to your next video! P.S. You should have named the video "Walts Excellent Adventure" 😂😂😂

[@paulcarcamo6992]

Thank you for the video. I had that g 90 on my truck and I worked fine on 20 m I like it a lot. Thank you for sharing with every body.

[@MyHamRadioJourney]

Looks like you had a successful test. Nice to see how many contacts you made on mobile. Thanks for the ride along. 73s

[@Philip-KA4KOE]

Hey Walt. Built a Rybakov for a friend today.

[@Aussat]

Brilliant Walt, always good to have a radio in the vehicle when on your travels. Thanks for sharing, brings back memories while travelling in Australia while living there!

[@DarkShadowCustoms]

Great video Walt. Makes me want to figure out a way to mount my G90 in my truck.

[@k2cjbradio]

Fantastic Walt! I have 7100 in my F250. Output of the rig goes to an antenna switch so I can have 2 hamsticks all the time. Also have a vhf/uhf antenna too. Yeah, I have a CB with a Wilson mag mount. My truck looks like an RC toy! You passed about 45 minutes south of me in CT! And I concur on your 10m “soapbox”! Safe travels! 73 de K2CJB

[@mobiltec]

Great fun Walt.

[@bobr6555]

I have an FT891 permanently in my 4WD with a Diamond SD330 screwdriver antenna on the bullbar. Just completed a road trip of more than 9000km through north-east and central Australia. Worked Jack W1FDY and Gary N3SJL on the 14238 net, plus on the 14183 net worked an English ham, then further up the band answered CQ calls from England, USA and Italy. By the way, here we long ago gave up on 11m for the road, we all use UHF CB on around 477MHz, an absolute necessity when we have 50 ton road trains with 4 trailers barrelling along at 100km/h on narrow roads. VK4BOB

[@DeborahCapino-jm7lu]

You know about 10 year ago I ma 11 meter to California on 250 watts and brings memories to me

[@larrygrigar3793]

Hi Walt. They call me RC, my handle is 151 the sandbagger not to be confused with the lawn mower junkie in South Carolina he is also a 151 but I'm the sandbagger. I'm on Channel 11 most days, I really enjoy watching your videos. I'd like to catch you on your trip back from Florida to your home base in Virginia. I'll have no problem going to channel 38 LSB so you can pump it up to 12 Watts, you'd have a better chance reaching me here on the weat coast, Tujunga California 1800 elevation seeing how you're probably running stock CB.. hopefully I can get a chance to talk to you. I don't know when you're going back but I'll keep looking for your post, 151 the sandbager ( RC) I'll be standing by, 73's

[@Ron_pd3ron]

Yes if your having fun down the road playing ham radio, time flies. 11 hours drive makes it fun. Thanks again and have fun with the 11 hours road trip back😉😊 Ron, Pd3ron

[@Tantalicdavid]

Rhode Island Is a good location for hf mobile / portable, I used to work Bill W1ZY regular he operates out of Rhode Island.

[@frasermderry]

Hi, Walt. Thanks for taking us along on your road trip. Sounds like you had a great time. Keep the vids coming, they're a lot of fun. Best and 73, Marc (N1QGM)

[@waynewelshans1249]

i'll be listing in fl. K4WTW

[@kh6qmchristophercolquhoun695]

Eastern Shore miss it

[@stephenplatt5048]

Glad you made it safely to Rhode Island! What day did you travel? I did some POTA last Saturday through Tuesday in Currituck and Dare counties which were mostly a success. NW River Game Land near Moyock & Currituck Banks Game Land near Corolla were great as well as Pea Island NWR. At Cape Hatteras National Seashore, all was well for the first 20 minutes; with 6 QSO's. The next 4 took 4 hours! On Tuesday at the Wright Brothers Memorial, I would have been more productive to help set up my young cousin's wedding on the beach! While at Hatteras, a family with two boys from Canton OH stopped by. The boys took a real interest in what I was doing. The older one (13 years old) said he'd like to become licensed! Parents appeared supportive of the idea. Hopefully, we'll hear this young one on the air soon! 73, don't work too hard, have fun! Steve KC4JGC.

[@basshorseman998]

going right by me..wish I had known beforehand

[@josephgomes8543]

Great Vid Walt! Now you're only 120 or so miles away. I hope you have a great time in Rhody, you hit the weather just right. I hear the fishing is great now too. ENJOY brother, 73, KC1MTM,Joe

[@LB7VJ]

Love the duck! 🤣

[@Philip-KA4KOE]

Walt...I'd get an extender and get the stick up higher.

[@CriticalThinker-42]

North bound and down, loaded up and truckin' Talkin' where they say can't be done He's got a long way to go, a radio to get him there North bound, watchin' ol' Walt run. 73 -mike

[@seanfoley7097]

Where in Rhode Island that's my qth

[@aa3konthego]

Don't forget Wawa originated in PA!

[@alekviselli]

I think part of the problem with 10/6m for the techs is that there isnt very many radios, especially newer ones in the "entry" level . You can try the TYT quadbander but I dont know how much I trust that. Otherwise you're limited to a mono bander which I do prefer, usually something older like a radioshack htx 10.

[@brianfields4479]

As a friend of mine died in a car crash because he didn't use hands free, it scared me watching this, so sorry to say Walt, only seen the first few minutes.

[@jettajeffphotography2763]

Hopefully I will catch you on 10m while you are up in my area.....KC1UER

[@WECB640]

Wah-wah You made me such a big star Being there at the right time Cheaper than a dime Wah-wah, you've given me your wah-wah, wah-wah George Harrison

[@johnnorth9355]

I have been having a lot of activity at my QTH on 11m but 10m is very quiet although I assume the propogation is much the same ? Spent an hour calling CQ on 10 last night at 9.00 pm local time but nothing (25 watts). Went to 11m with 10 watts and got several contacts despite the chaos. Weird - if we don't use 10 we will lose it ! 73 M7BLC.

[@petemillis4666]

I experienced exactly the same the other day just outside Brighton. I'd set up in the garden while working from home. Band conditions seemed awful. Really dead. Made loads of calls with 5 W CW on all bands from 80 m through to 10 m. No responses and hardly anybody to be heard. Once I got to 10 m I decided to tune down to 11 m (obviously with by CB rig) and ended up with some great QSOs with 5 W SSB, other ops in Ireland. It was great fun. Made up 26TX500 as a CB callsign. It's almost as if the CB guys were playing radio regardless of what the propagation forecasts were, as opposed to what the hams were probably doing; taking to Facebook and moaning about poor conditions and lack of activity! 73 M3KXZ

[@truckinguy92]

Wow I can really hear the ignition noise! Maybe try the NB if you haven’t. I’m very fortunate to have a fairly RF quiet vehicle. Does the G90 have and any DSP noise mitigation in it? On 11m unless you’re running illegal power it’s tough.

[@christophersmith1155]

i will be listening for you. 590 MIDTOWN MANHATTAN.

[@Real_Berserker]

В Америке производят вертикальные антенны для радиолюбителей,которые автоматически настраиваются на выбранный диапазон частот.Интересно,сколько они стоят?

[@leosmith4287]

Hi from RI!! if you’d like to have meet up, that would be cool! K1LFS

[@WQ9V]

WQ9V is me I wish I would have worked you; did you get the coax run through the tail gate?

[@DK5ONV]

👀 . . . 😲

[@Chuck1855]

I am near I 95 in PA stop by we can meet up for lunch. 73 KA4FLA